English Dictionary

lazar house

noun

(archaic) Synonym of leprosery: A building used to house lepers, usually in permanent quarantine from the rest of society.

The lazar house was a place for those suffering from infectious diseases.

意味（1）

(archaic) Synonym of leprosery: A building used to house lepers, usually in permanent quarantine from the rest of society.

These bee alle the bookes ynne the ache Camberre & of the reste of the Lazar house bee cellis & beddis for the Lazars, beeynge manie in number […]

意味（2）

(archaic, figuratively) A hospital or lazaret for quarantining patients suffering highly infectious diseases.

A portion of the Infirmary of the town was added to that already set apart for a fever-ward; the smitten were carried thither at once, whenever it was possible, in order to prevent the spread of infection; and on that lazar-house was concentrated all the medical skill and force of the place.